Sunday, September 29, 2013

Haven 4.03 Review: Right When Your About to Give Up

Let’s get this out of the way.
Anyone that has yet to watch last night’s episode of Haven, titled ‘Bad Blood’, and wishes to do so spoiler free, now
would be the time to exit this blog. THIS
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.

How to begin… This week’s episode
of Haven was about a Trouble where
blood was going after people and sucking them dry of their own. Unsurprisingly,
there was the comparison to vampires, but at least this wasn’t an actual theory
the characters were focusing on.

‘Bad Blood’ was okay, but it
wasn’t the best that could’ve been written. My favourite parts were still the
scenes surrounding Audrey/Lexie and William, and also the scenes at the morgue.
I thought Richard Donat did very well in playing Vince not wanting to go in to
guarantee whether or not Audrey was the body on ice. As long as he stayed
outside the morgue, there would still be a chance that the body wasn’t Audrey.
Then when we learned it wasn’t, it fit perfectly back into the moment where
William tells Audrey/Lexie that she isn’t dead.

Without Audrey, I don’t think I’m
much of a fan of Nathan. This brooding crap he’s emitting isn’t all that
interestingly done, and not something I haven’t seen before. He’s kind of
boring and one-dimensional at the moment, and I’d really like to see that
change. His best moments were actually the ones with Jordan near the end, where
she expresses just how much she doesn’t want to be stuck like this, and even
then he didn’t really say much, it was more about his physical acting.

I’m really getting sick of this
Wade character. He’s not convincing in this series, especially not as Duke’s
brother. The writing for him is just not believable to me, and it’s just so
cliché that he sticks around because his wife is cheating on him. And can I just
say, how much he’s not acting like he’s hurt by that fact? The guy seems more
wooden then anything. I’m completely surprised too, because I know he did well
on Dexter, but on this show he’s just
terrible.

While I’m going back and forth
with this Jennifer character, particularly the way they keep writing her
constantly changing, she wasn’t the worst part of this episode. I like it every
time she’s kind of displaying nervousness, she’s definitely the most convincing
in that. Whenever she started hearing the noises from the bar where
Audrey/Lexie is in her head was certainly obvious, but interesting all the
same.

The Sasquatch is still as wooden
as ever. I really can’t stand him in the forefront of this series. It was
interesting the first time he brought up being a cleaner coming in handy, but
it was necessary to fit that in more than once. Those lines almost made it seem
like he was bragging about, or really just reading off a script without
actually acting. He was a much better character in the background, popping in
and out, and keeping him up front and center is not improving his character. I
get the logic behind him becoming Chief, now, but he’s just not a very good
actor.

I’m still having trouble believing
there isn’t some other way to make the Troubles go away for good. It can’t be
simply for Audrey to sacrifice/kill her one love. There has to be some other way to keep them gone, and it
better be something that makes sense when they finally do come out with it. It
just doesn’t feel logical to me that the only way to give everyone a happy life
in Haven, that she has to lose what makes her happy.

Also, where’s Audrey’s son? If the
barn is dying, is he dead? That was such a big part of last season, and the
previous seasons, being that he’s the Colorado Kid that Audrey was searching
for for so long, and now that’s been basically forgotten. Will that be brought
up again? I really think we deserve something more than just a disappearing
act.

One other thing I was curious
about in this episode, what was with all of the animal comparisons? I know they
explained that Duke had been watching Animal
Planet, or something, but what was the point to that? He doesn’t quite come
across as someone that just watches documentary programs about animals. Plus,
he didn’t seem particularly enthusiastic about it every time he brought it up.
And also, has he already gotten over Audrey? He seems to have moved on pretty
easily. Love triangle for three seasons, and then just instant progression for
a character that hasn’t seen the woman in about a couple weeks.

Alas, I relent.

My rating: 2.5 out of 5.

Best Lines:

“Slowing down for a yellow is just a matter of taste.” –
Dave, after having driven Vince’s car to the station.

“I don’t think it wants any of us, Sasquatch.” – Duke,
referring to Dwight as the man-beast.

All right, that’s all for now. Don’t forget to check back in
on Sunday for my reviews of Once Upon a
Time and Revenge’s third season
premieres. If you’re lucky, I might actually review Betrayal as well, if I get around to watching it.